Missing the Forest for the Details of Routine Outcome Monitoring: A Qualitative Inquiry of Clinicians' Experience With the MFT-PRN

IF 1.4 3区心理学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES

Journal of marital and family therapy Pub Date : 2026-01-18 DOI:10.1111/jmft.70114

Lee N. Johnson, Kaelie N. Wagner, Shayne R. Anderson, Quintin A. Hunt

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Abstract

Research has suggested that routine outcome monitoring (ROM) and participation in a practice research network (PRN) can enhance therapy outcomes. However, few PRNs are designed for systemic therapists and researchers. One of the PRNs for systemic therapists is the Marriage and Family Therapy Practice Research Network (MFT-PRN). This study used a phenomenological qualitative approach to gain a deeper understanding of clinicians' experiences with the MFT-PRN. Sixteen clinicians were interviewed, and the transcribed interviews were coded into five themes and subthemes: (1) general usefulness of the MFT-PRN, (2) positive impact on clinical practice, (3) data utility and insights, (4) challenges, and (5) suggested improvements. Feedback from participants using the MFT-PRN largely mirrors research that suggests ROM increases client outcomes, enhances the therapeutic alliance, and informs treatment. The qualitative feedback also revealed that implementation of the MFT-PRN can be challenging, another common theme in ROM research.

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对常规结果监测细节的缺失：临床医生对MFT-PRN经验的定性调查。

研究表明，常规结果监测（ROM）和参与实践研究网络（PRN）可以提高治疗结果。然而，很少有prn是为系统治疗师和研究人员设计的。系统治疗师的prn之一是婚姻与家庭治疗实践研究网络（MFT-PRN）。本研究采用现象学定性方法来深入了解临床医生使用MFT-PRN的经验。对16名临床医生进行了访谈，访谈记录被编码为五个主题和副主题：(1)MFT-PRN的一般用途，(2)对临床实践的积极影响，(3)数据效用和见解，(4)挑战，(5)建议的改进。使用MFT-PRN的参与者的反馈在很大程度上反映了研究表明ROM增加了客户的结果，增强了治疗联盟，并为治疗提供了信息。定性反馈还表明，MFT-PRN的实施可能具有挑战性，这是ROM研究中的另一个常见主题。

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Journal of marital and family therapy Multiple-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Marital & Family Therapy (JMFT) is published quarterly by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and is one of the best known and most influential family therapy journals in the world. JMFT is a peer-reviewed journal that advances the professional understanding of marital and family functioning and the most effective psychotherapeutic treatment of couple and family distress. Toward that end, the Journal publishes articles on research, theory, clinical practice, and training in marital and family therapy.